Famous Art Quotes: Teaching Art

• “It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble.”--Mark Twain
   
• “I am not a teacher but an awakener.”--Robert Frost
   
• “The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”--Carl Jung
   
• “The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.”--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
   
• “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”--Plato
   
• “Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”--Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
• “To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.”--Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
• “Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
   
• “To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.”--George Washington
   
• “I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit.”--Martha Graham
   
• “Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.”--Francis Bacon
   
• “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”--Albert Einstein
   
• "Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training"-- Anna Freud
   
• "Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master." --Leonardo da Vinci
   
• “A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops.”-- Hans Hofmann
   
• "Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater."-- Gail Godwin
   
• "A true teacher does not explain--he invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself."--Raymond Inmon
   
• "Come to the edge." "We can't. We're afraid." "Come to the edge." "We can't. We will fall!" "Come to the edge." And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew!”--Guillaume Apollinaire

~Cynthia Padilla

Cynthia Padilla is sought out internationally for exhibitions, reviews, lectures and as a travel leader on sketching tours and retreats world wide. Traveling the world --- sketchbook in hand. Padilla has guided enthusiasts, even complete beginners, to sketch and draw with confidence!

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